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The General Motors partner expects to bring 1,700 jobs to the new facility.

About 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers Union stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Wednesday that offers from the companies aren't enough and the union is getting ready to strike.

The United Auto Workers union on Friday rejected wage and benefit offers from all three Detroit automakers, raising tensions just six days before a strike deadline.

General Motors' first wage-and-benefit offer to the United Auto Workers on Thursday fell far short of the union's initial demands.

The head of the United Auto Workers warned the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week.

A closely watched University of Michigan economic forecast predicts a small spike in unemployment early next year following an expected UAW union strike.

The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Stellantis and General Motors for failing to make counteroffers to the union's demands.

Auto workers have voted overwhelmingly to give union leaders the authority to call strikes against Detroit car companies if a contract agreement isn't reached.